Box-fastener



(No Model.)

0. M. CUNNINGHAM.

BOX PASTENER.

No. 605,401. Patented June 7,1898.

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BOX-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 605,401, dated June 7, 1898.

Application filed July 26, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHESTER M. CUNNING- HAM, of Peora, in the county 01: Harrison and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crate- Fastenings; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fastenings for crates, and

especially in providing,in connection with the cross-strips of the cover, a bolt having a hook at its free end which is designed to engage with the free end of a spring-actuated bolt mounted in 'a casing fastened by suitable means to the cross-strip of the crate, a suitable pin being provided, which is attached to the said spring-actuated bolt for the purpose of disengaging the bolts from their locked relation.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain thesame consists, further, in the novel construction, combination, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a crate, showing the improved device applied in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through the crate and the locking'mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the opposite parts of the fastening shown applied to portions of the crate.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views,

the numeral 1 designates a lid or cover for a crate or analogous device, and secured to the opposite ends thereof is a depending cross- .strip 2, in which is mounted a bolt 3, which extends below the lower edge of the said cross Serial No. 645,922. (No model.)

tangular in cross-section.

- In the upper part of the body of the cr ate or other containing-receptacle cross-strips 7 are secured and are formed with vertical openings 8, extending therethrough, of the same form, but slightly larger than the bolt 3. The under side of each of the cross-strips 7 is mortised, as at 9, and therein is mounteda tubular casing 10, preferably of rectangular shape and having located therein a sliding springactuated latch 11, with a depending operating-pin 12 attached thereto and movable in a slot 13 in the bottom of thesaid tubular casing. The nose of the latch 11 extends over the lower termination of the opening 8, and the casing is so situated relatively to the said .opening that by operating the pin 12 the said latchwill be turned inwardly into its casing and clear the said opening to permit the bolt 3 to pass therethrough, and after said bolt has passed through the opening 8 the latch will socket to free the nose thereof from the saidlip 5. The casing is secured in position by a bolt li, attached thereto, and extends through an opening which exposes the upper end of the said bolt at the upper edge of the said cross-strip 7 A nut 15 is then applied to the said upper end of the bolt 14, and by this means the said casing is securely held in position in the strip. The rear end of the casing is also'reduced and formed with a securingtongue 16, through which a screw or other fastening is passed.

It will of course be understood that inapplying the two devices-that is, the bolt 3 in the opening 8-the operation of the latch 11 will be automatic, as the bolt is so constructed as to be shoved backward into its socket by the end of the bolt 3; but when it is desired to release the parts it is necessary to apply a force to the latch 11 throughthe pin 12.

By locating the latch against the under edge It is obviously apparent that many minor changes in the details of construction and aris claimed as new is- In a'fastener for crates, the combination with the cover of the bolt 3, mounted in an aperture in a cross-strip thereof, the free end of said bolt being reduced and anotch formed therein, of the cross-strip of the crate, the casing secured in a recess in the under side of said cross-strip of the crate, the spring-actuated bolt in said casing, the free end of which bolt is disposed in the path of the hooked end of bolt 3, and designed to engage with said hooked end, of the pin 12 secured to the head of the bolt extending through a slot in the casing, and the rotary screw 14 fastened at its lower end to the" casing, and the nut 15 carried on the upper end thereof and countersunk in the cross-strip of the crate, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHESTER M. CUNNINGHAM.

\Vitnesses:

NATHAN WRIGHT, Y W. J. CUNNINGHAM. 

